Why We Strangled Uber Driver To Death – Suspects

By Ganiyat Ganiyu

Lagos, (An24) – Two suspects in connection with the death of a Uber driver identified as Innevosa Emmanuel, have confessed to the crime.

The suspects were paraded by the Anti-Kidnapping Squad of the Lagos State Police Command.

The suspects and one other, who is at large, strangled the driver and disposed him of his KIA RIO salon car marked KTU 594DM.

The suspects while being investigated confessed that the always target Uber drivers with the intention of killing them and stealing their cars to resell them to new buyers.

According to report, the suspects boarded the bus from Ikeja to take them to Oke-Ira in Ogba, during which they suddenly ordered the driver to make a U-turn and take them to Oremeji Street, Obawole area of Ogba, where he was strangled with a belt by the robbers and the vehicle was driven away.

According to one of the suspects, he said they were three that participated in the killing of the driver.

The suspect said: “I and Michael met at Ogba where I went to drink and we became friends.

“I told him how difficult things were for me that I needed to relocate to Benin to start all over again.

“It was at this point that Michael told me about a deal that could fetch me some money that we could get a car and then sell it to his boss.

“Michael then told me about one Alex (Emmanuel) who had a vehicle and we agreed to meet the following day.

“Since then we had been meeting and discussing how to buy the vehicle.

“On the fateful day the Uber driver came, I was with Michael in his office and his friend Destiny was with him, but I don’t know if he discussed the vehicle deal with Destiny.

“Around 9:30pm, we called the Uber driver to come and pick us at Tantalizer eatery at Ogba.

“I and Destiny were inside the vehicle with the driver, but Michael was outside, while I was holding the belt.

“Immediately I put the belt across the driver’s neck, Destiny dragged the belt and we strangled him.

“When we were satisfied that he was dead, we took his corpse to Oremeji Street and dumped him in front of a church around 10:30pm without anybody noticing us.

“After killing the driver, we took the vehicle to Michael’s boss to sell it.

“The buyer then inquired from us where we got the vehicle from and Michael told him that we killed the owner.

“The buyer then said we should take the car away and Michael said we should take it to his house and park it outside before taking it to another buyer in Benin.

“Later we were tracked to Benin, arrested and brought back to Lagos.”

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, who paraded the suspects at the Command headquarters, said the command received a report of a missing Uber driver, whose car was stolen and the driver missing.

Owoseni said since then, it has been an issue of concern and detectives through their sustained efforts towards the missing driver, two days ago arrested two suspects in connection with the missing driver.

Owoseni said: “The suspects posed as passengers, strangled the Uber driver and dumped his remains at Ogba and the vehicle was taken to Edo State, where it was recovered and the suspects arrested.”

The Police boss said the suspects would soon be charged to court.